Slayer training/High-levelled

This article is about high-levelled Slayer training. For the general Slayer guide, see Slayer training.

This is a guide on how to train Slayer in the most efficient manner possible purely in terms of maximising Slayer experience per hour. It is aimed towards players with high levels in the various combat and combat-related stats, including Summoning, Prayer, and Herblore, which provide access to various methods of augmenting the rate at which Slayer is trained. It is also targeted towards players who are able to make money at a fairly high rate, and thus would value their time enough to utilise more expensive methods in the interest of saving time. Due to the intended audience of this guide, not everything will be explained in detail, as the reader is expected to know the basics of RuneScape and the Slayer skill itself. This guide assumes you will be using Morvran exclusively as your Slayer master. This is a guide and while the user is encouraged to follow it as closely as possible for maximum efficiency, players are free to choose which parts to follow and which to ignore subject to their own opinions, stats, gear, cash, potential to make cash, and personal task preference.

Since this guide is focused on maximum Slayer experience per hour, tasks that award decent quantities of gold may be overlooked. The player is encouraged to research each and every Slayer monster page for strategies and potential wealth gains, as these topics will not be included in this guide.

Cancelling and blocking tasks

Tasks that the player does not wish to ever do can be permanently blocked at the cost of 100 reward points. Up to seven assigned monsters, or group of monsters such as grotworms or mutated jadinkos, can be blocked in this manner, with one block allowed per 50 quest points.

Cancelling the block costs 30 points. The monster must be the currently assigned task for it to be blocked. In order to maximise efficiency, players should cancel tasks which are commonly assigned yet offer slow rates of Slayer experience, often due to issues such as the inability to use a cannon and/or a titan, low life points, or other factors, such as long animations or specialised killing methods. Please see the task summary section below to determine which tasks should be considered for the use of a block.

Players are recommended to use the cancel option as often as it can be used while maintaining a stable level of Slayer reward points. This will ensure that the player spends as much time as possible doing tasks which offer fast Slayer experience.

The task summary section of this guide will tell you which tasks to block, what to skip, and the ones to complete if you are running low on Slayer points. For example, a player that is running low on points may do a greater demon task despite the fact that these tasks are usually cancelled. These tasks also give out more ferocious rings if done in Kuradal's Dungeon.

For task blocking, it is only recommended to block tasks that are very tedious or boring for the player. The optimal block list for most players should be raptor mobs (Wyverns, Ripper Demons, Camel Warriors, Acheron mammoths), TzHaar and Lava strykewyrms. Ripper demons and Acheron mammoths can be replaced by other undesired monsters if the player is experienced in killing them. Toggable tasks that the player does not want to do should be toggled off, which essentially serves as extra block slots.

Prayer

This high level Slayer guide assumes you have 95 Prayer for curses. Curses will speed up tasks 15-20%, and should be used on every task. Bring prayer potions/renewals. Turmoil (or its counterparts) should be used the entire task. Along with Turmoil, Berserker can be used to slightly increase potion endurance, but note that this does not work with overloads. Soul Split can also greatly extend the duration spend at your Slayer location – in most cases, you will not need to go to the bank to resupply with Soul Split. You can complete all tasks that Morvran has to offer without frequent bank trips. 

At the cost of significantly higher pray drain, leech curses while wearing the Amulet of zealots offers the highest damage boost. This should only be used where accuracy is not a concern, and disallows use of the demon horn necklace to upkeep prayer.

Note: Because this guide assumes you have 95+ Prayer, it also assumes you will not be picking up infernal ashes or bones for cash. It is up to the player to decide if they want to do so, but make note you will not receive even half of the listed experience per hour. If your Prayer level is not 99, it is recommended to use the bonecrusher/attuned ectoplasmator and demon horn necklace combo to work toward 99 Prayer.

Herblore

This high-levelled Slayer guide assumes you have access to extreme warmaster's potions/overloads and use super antifires. Overloads will give you better experience rates than what is in the table, but only by a small margin. If you do not have extremes and super antifires, you will not be able to obtain the best Slayer experience per hour.

Equipment

The mighty Slayer helmet is better than an uncharged black mask, and should be used for every task. The bonuses of the helmet plus the ability to store familiar scrolls make it an essential part of any serious Slayer's gear. Remember to refill your stored scrolls of choice after using them up. 

As for the rest of the equipment, it is assumed you will be using at the very least God War Dungeon power armour. For tasks that reside in the dungeon itself, the table assumes you have a piece of ancient Nex gear or a Shard of Zaros on allowing you to wear the best ranging equipment you can, and not random gear for the four different gods.

Remember: Stay with the corresponding armour equal to your combat style, unless you are using Hybrid armour! Doing so can result in accuracy decreases with your weapon which can slow down experience rates.

Getting a task and transport

Upgraded ferocious rings or a slayer cape active ability allow for fast transport to Morvran, and are always the fastest and best options when obtaining a new task. However, players may find that they are running out of the rings if they are not performing enough tasks in Kuradal's Dungeon. Therefore, players may wish to use a crystal teleport seed, which should be brought to every task, to reach Morvran when their task is complete. Simply use the ring to teleport to the Iorwerth district of Prifddinas to reach Morvran. (Crystal teleport seeds should be recharged in batches and treated as disposable to allow more loot to be banked.)

For Slayers using the Lunar spells, the NPC Contact spell can be used to get a new task. However, the rewards interface cannot be accessed this way, so travel to any Slayer master is necessary to cancel an unwanted task.

The TokKul-Zo, obtained as a reward for completing The Elder Kiln quest, is great for transport during Slayer. While charged, it has unlimited teleports to the entrance to the Fight Caves, along with several other locations. The Fight Caves teleport location has a bank and is extremely close to a fairy ring.

Slayer contracts

With the addition of Slayer contracts, the Slayer Tower is now the best place to complete assignments for any monster that resides in it. The bonus 20% experience of the Slayer contracts stack with the 10% bonus for wearing Morytania legs 4, the reward from the Morytania Elite Tasks.

There are also Slayer contracts available in the Wilderness, which like the ones from the Slayer Tower, give a 20% bonus. The demonic skull will also stack with this bonus, giving players 40% additional Slayer experience, though players of all levels will be able to attack you, so it is not recommended to use it unless you are very deep in the Wilderness (as levels will usually not matter at that point) or have a high combat level yourself.

Since this guide presumes that Morvran is your Slayer master, here is a list of monsters that can be found in the Slayer Tower and/or Wilderness that are assigned by Morvran and can be given a special contract from Markus or Erskine.

Monster name	Location(s)	Recommended Location (Slayer Tower/Wilderness)	Reason(s)	Complete with contract?
Abyssal demons	Slayer Tower (2nd3rd floor[UK]/3rd4th floor[UK]), Wilderness (levels 26-29)	Slayer Tower	Faster kill rates and much safer (Wilderness location is multi-way despite being in a low level area)	Yes (Slayer Tower)
Black demons	Ruins (south of Demonic Ruins)	N/A	Somewhat dangerous due to being in moderately high levelled Wilderness	No
Dark beasts	Forinthry Dungeon, level 27-29 Wilderness	N/A	Somewhat dangerous due to being in a multi-combat area, though it is within the level 30 teleport line	Yes/No (Yes if you can escape quickly, no otherwise)
Gargoyles	Slayer Tower (2nd3rd floor[UK]/3rd4th floor[UK]), Ruins	Slayer Tower	Faster kill rates and much safer	Yes (Slayer Tower)
Greater demons	Forinthry Dungeon, level 20-24 Wilderness	N/A	Somewhat dangerous due to being in a multi-combat area	Yes (Wilderness)
Ice strykewyrms	Frozen Waste Plateau	N/A	Very dangerous due to being deep in the Wilderness (though there is a banker nearby)	No
Kal'gerion demons	Demonic Ruins	N/A	Extremely dangerous; lack of cover to hide from special attacks, deep in the Wilderness and in a multi-combat area.	No
Lava strykewyrms	South of Lava Maze	Wilderness	While dangerous overall, they aren't found in any other locations, so if you do this task, you may as well get the contract.	Yes (Wilderness)
Nechryaels	Slayer Tower (2nd3rd floor[UK]/3rd4th floor[UK])	Slayer Tower	Very quick task	Yes (Slayer Tower)
Waterfiends	Across from Daemonheim island (level 16-18 Wilderness)	Wilderness	While being in a multi-combat area, players can easily escape due to all teleport sources working at their location (along with the peninsula providing extra defense).	Yes (Wilderness)

Task summary table

This is a list of all monsters assigned by Morvran, along with the pros and cons of completing the task, as well as, an analysis of tasks experience per hour.

Monster name	Slayer exp	Slayer level	Combat level	Weakness	Pros	Cons	Do/Skip/Block	Maximum exp/hour
Abyssal demon	278. 1069(Elite)	85	98, 107(Elite)	Slash	Can be killed on a Slayer contract in the Slayer Tower or Wilderness. Relatively weak for their level.	Random teleport might be a bit annoying, especially if trying to pick up drops. Can also be crowded most of the time.	Do w/contract	126,000
Adamant dragon	655.6	1	116	Air spells	High Slayer exp per kill Consistently good drops, especially when stacking adamant bars/dragon bones	Can hit rather hard.	Do
Airut	800.2	92	122	Nothing	High Slayer exp per kill, and extremely profitable.	Has very high defence, a special attack that can deal a lot of damage and requires high leveled equipment to kill quickly.	Do/Skip	120,000
Ascension member	140 - 1938.8	81, 95	84(Rorarious), 91(Gladius), 105(Capsarius), 105(Scutarius), 304(Legiones)	Ranged	Relatively profitable task. Players can decide what members they want to kill on task.	Can be expensive if killing Legiones only.	Do	100,000 (Rorarii) Up to 125,000 (Legios)
Automaton	624	67	115	Fire spells(Guardian) Crush(Tracer) Arrows(Generator)	Decent drops, relatively weak for their level. Can easily safespot guardians	Must obtain The World Wakes full reward to access to them. Hard hitting especially with special attack if not trapped correctly.	Do	140,000
Aviansie	171 - 2934	1	89, 92, 95, 580(Kree'arra)	Bolts	Can rack up kills fast while making a large profit in noted adamant bars. Killing Kree'arra can provide more money and gives a lot of experience, especially if killed on Hard Mode.	Requires Armadyl/Zamorak protection to avoid being attacked by monsters. Kree'arra can be dangerous to some players.	Do	80,000
Aquanite	212.6, 968(Elite)	78	95, 104(Elite)	Arrows	Do not have to unlock them. Killing them with seedicide can give fast farming xp.	Far away, bad experience, have to spend reward points to unlock and cancel tasks	Toggle off
Acheron mammoth	3952	96	135	Stab	Decent drops and gives a lot of experience.	Relatively powerful attacks, in addition to a charge attack that can kill a player in two hits if not protected against.	Do/Skip/Block
Black demon	294.4	1	98	Bolts Silverlight	High numbers are assigned allowing for great experience gains without travelling. Good source of crimson charms.	Takes a long time to travel to if you do not have 70 Agility, unless you plan to kill them in Chaos Tunnels/Chaos Tunnels resource dungeon.	Do/Skip	93,000
Black dragon	245	1	100	Bolts	Fast task if done at Evil Chicken's Lair which is the best location for the greatest xp/hr. Can kill the King Black Dragon or Queen Black Dragon instead for more profit.	Task completion can be somewhat slow if not done at the Evil Chicken's Lair (requiring completion of Sir Amik Varze's section of Recipe for Disaster), since standard black dragons are rare (two in all locations). Baby black dragons can be killed in their place if needed at the Chaos Tunnels.	Do	100,000
Camel Warrior	3609	96	132	Crush	Decent experience and has a very valuable drop.	Rather slow kills; they are similar to glacors but are much more tedious due to increased damage and defence, in addition to players being subjected to desert heat.	Block
Celestial dragon	976.3	1	127	Arrows	More experience than mithril dragons, have valuable unique drops and most of their common drops are stackable, requiring little to no banking.	Their time stop ability can be rather annoying and requires high level equipment to kill them before they can use it. Also requires completion of One of a Kind to be assigned for a task.	Do	175,000
Chaos Giant	929.3	1	126	Stab	Relatively weak for their level Fairly good experience rates Most drops are stackable, so banking occurs less often.	They are aggressive in a cramped multicombat area. Requires completion of Birthright of the Dwarves.	Do	120,000
Corrupted creatures	Varies (see page for more details)	88-103	Varies (see page for more details)	Varies (see page for more details)	Can be killed very quickly.	Corruption feature means that while kills are faster, players can die faster as a result of extra damage. All kills require a Feather of Ma'at, which hampers profits a bit.	Do
Crystal Shapeshifter	1269.8	80	112	Fire spells (Melee) Stab (Ranged) Thrown (Magic)	Fairly decent experience rates. Most drops are noted.	They are much stronger than their combat level suggests and will take advantage of the player's weaknesses.	Skip/Block
Dagannoth Kings (Dagannoth task)	See Dagannoth Kings article	1	See Dagannoth Kings article	See Dagannoth Kings article	High amount of experience per king, also a nice profit from the drops. Very good co-op task	Required all types of combat. Normal Dagannoth can be killed very quickly.	Do/Skip	110,000
Dagannoth Guardian (Dagannoth task)	326.5	1	98	Air spells	Gives way more experience compared to regular Dagannoths. Easy to kill, specially with Balmung or Air Spells.	Relatively far from a bank, no special drops, fairly spread out and the cave access requires partial completion of Blood Runs Deep.	Do/Skip	100,000
Dark beast	331.5, 1372.8(Elite)	90	105, 114(Elite)	Bolts	Relatively weak for their level. Can be killed on a contract in the Wilderness. With bonecrusher/demon horn necklace combination, the Prayer restoration from solely bones is enough to sustain constant use of Soul Split and Anguish.	Can be crowded in non-Wilderness areas.	Do	110,000
Desert strykewyrm	376.5	77	103	Stab	Can string kills together at a decent rate. Moderate profit.	Fairly spread out.	Do/Skip	70,000
Elves	73.6/89.4 (Elf Warrior), 608(Cadarn magus, Cadarn ranger, Iorwerth guard, Iorwerth scout)	1	84/89, 122	Fire spells Crush Slash Arrows	Can choose between pre-Plague City elves, Iorwerth Clan elves or Cadarn Clan elves. Prifddinas elves can be killed quickly and are very profitable.	Prifddinas elves are stronger than other elves, making use of abilities in combat.	Do	135,000
Edimmu	800.2, 2044	90	122 (normal), 125 (powerful)	Slash	Decent drops.	Occasionally heal themselves by 25% of the damage they inflict, and requires 115 Dungeoneering to access their dungeon and be assigned for a Slayer task.	Do/Skip
Ganodermic creatures	565	95	112(Runt), 112(Beast)	Fire spells	Killing ganodermic beasts can yield extremely easy profit and the occasional spirit seed, obtainable faster through them than Vinesweeper.	Ganodermic beasts are rather spread apart but have a fast respawn time. Ganodermic runts litter the area and do not provide as much drops compared to ganodermic beasts.	Do	140,000
Gargoyle	197.4	75	93	Water spells	Can be killed on a contract. Very quick kills with faster finishing blows unlocked. Decent drops	Need to purchase the ability to deliver killing blows quicker for 400 Slayer reward points for fast kill rates.	Do w/contract	117,000
Gemstone dragons	1450, 1860, 2384.4	95, 98, 101	119, 126, 133	Arrows	Decent experience rates.	Somewhat tedious to kill with poor drops.	Block
Glacor	1881	1	112	Fire spells(Using Fire spells gives 150% damage)	Fast kills with fire spells, decent drops and great experience rates.	They are quite hard to kill efficiently without Soul Split.	Toggle on	170,000 (as well as 600,000 Magic exp)
Greater demon	135.4, 620(Elite)	1	82, 92(Elite)	Bolts Silverlight	Decent source of crimson charms Can kill K'ril Tsutsaroth instead for Slayer, for better experience rates, especially if killed on Hard Mode.	Slow compared to other tasks you could be doing	Do (K'ril)/Skip/Block	50,000 80,000 (K'ril)
Mature grotworm  (Grotworm task)	343.6	1	98	Bolts	Drop a lot of adamant and rune items which can be alched.	Somewhat spread out.	Do/Skip/Block	70,000
Ice strykewyrm	693.2	93	106	Fire spells	Fire spells deal double damage, making them very easy and fast to kill despite their large health pool, can be killed on a contract in the Wilderness.	Can only be assigned if you have a fire cape or TokHaar-Kal cape (alternatively, you can spend 2000 points to unlock them without either one)	Do	160,000
Iron dragon	245	1	98	Water spells	Extremely easy to kill, very fast task	None	Do	120,000
Kal'gerion demon	1858.8	1	126	Nothing	High Slayer exp per kill, and decent drops	High defence, high accuracy, and has two special attacks.	Do	160,000
Kalphite	59.3 - 3963	1	98 (Exiled kalphite guardian/Exiled kalphite marauder) 333 (Kalphite Queen) 356 (Exiled Kalphite Queen) 2500 (Kalphite King)	See Kalphite article	Both the normal and exiled Kalphite Queen has relatively profitable drops. The Kalphite King has a moderate drop table with decent drops. Exiled kalphites are superior to normal kalphites in both experience and drops.	The Kalphite King requires a group to kill efficiently. Kalphite tasks can be rather slow.	Do/Skip	86,000
Mithril dragon	564.4	1	112	Earth spells	Very quick task and has some decent rewards.	Not assigned very often.	Do	140,000
Muspah	469	76	150	Nothing (Ancient Magicks does double damage)	Extremely profitable with excellent experience rates, and is instanced, so there is no competition from other players.	Nothing	Do	125,000
Mutated jadinko	98.6, 188.4, 209.6	80, 86, 91	93(Baby), 96(Guard), 100(Male)	Stab	Very fast task (low health and very packed), and many drops are noted. Fruit drops make food supplies unneeded. Possible elite clue scroll and crystal triskelion from males.	N/A	Do	96,000
Nechryael	251.6, 1120(Elite)	80	96, 106(Elite)	Crush	Great task if done in the Slayer Tower, decent source of crimson charms	Poor drops.	Do w/contract/Skip/Block	144,000
Nihil	423 - 705.4	76	160	Ranged (Ice/Smoke) Magic (Blood) Melee (Shadow)	Decent stackable drops, in addition to unique summoning materials that can fetch a lot of profit.	Each of the nihils have their own weakness, forcing the player to kill ones they are strong to/neutral against for consistent kill rates. Their special attacks can also be relatively annoying. The Shard of Zaros is needed due to a large number of Nihils wandering around.	Toggle on (if you have the recommended gear)/Toggle off	120,000
Nightmare	1540	80	128	Earth spells	Decent drops and great combat/Slayer experience.	Can use a powerful ranged attack that can deal high damage if not protected against.	Toggle on (with recommended gear)/Toggle off
Ripper Demon	2721.5, 3203(Elite)	96	131, 138(Elite)	Earth spells Silverlight	Decent drops and very good Slayer experience.	Can deal very quick melee damage, has a special attack that can instantly kill the player and a suicide attack when they die. The upgraded Darklight is a must when killing them or kill rates will be slower.	Do (with upgraded Darklight)/Skip/Block
Rune dragon	2051, 3399(Elite)	1	127, 130(Elite)	Nothing	Great experience rates and excellent drops worth a lot of money.	Requires completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat, Fate of the Gods to access. Plague's End is an additional requirement for a task, since Morvran is the only Slayer master who assigns them. You also need to use dragonbane ammo as they have very high defence (in addition to being a necessity for phase 1 of the fight)	Do
Shadow creature	343 (Truthful), 565 (Blissful), 930 (Manifest)	1	98, 112, 126	Fire spells	Decent drops and experience rates. They are extremely close to the bank and the cores can be converted for light cores and divination experience.	Hard-hitting, damage adds up over time unless you use Soul Split and good armour.	Do	200,000
Soul devourers	Varies (see page for more details)	105-117	Varies (see page for more details)	Varies (see page for more details)	Decent drops and players can choose between various soul devourers as long as the player has the corresponding slayer level. Tasks can be either done very quickly with salawa or feline akhs, or a bit slower but for more profit with imperial guard akhs.	Corruption feature means that while kills are faster, players can die faster as a result of extra damage. All kills require a Feather of Ma'at, which hampers profits a bit.	Do	N/A
Steel dragon	350	1	100	Water spells	Very easy to kill with magic and high xp per kill Impossible to even take damage as long as you're using full antifire protection and magic Decent profit from the dragon bones and other drops	N/A	Do	154,000
Tormented Demon	1136	1 (see cons)	119	Fire spells Silverlight Bolts	Valuable rare drops and can be easily killed with high leveled gear.	Takes a while to get to them via light creature and requires two different combat styles to kill unless using a combat familiar or dreadnips. Tormented Demons effectively require 56 Slayer, as The Path of Glouphrie requires it and is a requirement for While Guthix Sleeps.	Toggle on	150,000
Tzhaar	77.5	1	86	Water spells(Ket/Hur) Slash(Xil) Arrows(Mej)	Not assigned very often Drop obsidian charms	Very slow task as Tzhaar NPCs are relatively spread apart. While TokHaar in the Fight Cauldron can be killed instead (for much better experience rates), they are just as slow as killing TzHaar.	Do (if you have completed the Brink of Extinction quest)/Skip/Block	46,000
Vyrelord	340	67	98	Thrown	Fast and rewarding kills if Sunspear is fully upgraded. Vyrelords/ladies are close to a bank, and easily accessible with Drakan's medallion.	Vyrewatch outside Darkmeyer have no drops other than their corpses and without access to at least blisterwood weapons, the kills are very slow	Do (if you have access to Sunspear)/Skip/Block	80,000
Waterfiend	335, 1181.5(Elite)	1	107, 111(Elite)	Bolts Silverlight	Very good source of experience and crimson charms, and are found in several locations, in addition to increased experience in the Wilderness.	Can be crowded at Ancient Caverns, and live in multi-combat area in the Wilderness. Relatively poor drops.	Do (w/ contract is optional)/Block	110,000
Wyvern	1878.8, 2654(Elite	96	127, 133(Elite)	Fire spells	Somewhat decent drops.	Can deal extremely high and accurate damage, player is forced between staying next to/away from fires (staying next to them reduces their damage but increases poison and vice versa). In most cases, a shield (or defender) is required to stay there for long periods of time.	Block